Sen. Michael Bennet watches TV on election night with his daughters Halina, Caroline and Anne, and wife Susan. Bennet, who won the election, brings his family to campaign and political events.

“In the middle of a committee hearing on Capitol Hill last month, Rep. Cory Gardner looked down at his Blackberry and saw a text from his wife that made him feel a pang of guilt: ‘Your son likes Cheerios.’”

Yes, Colorado’s own congressman from the 4th District is the lead in an article in Politico right before Father’s Day about lawmaker-dads juggling their schedules in Washington with their family life back home. Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, the father of three daughters, also is featured.

It’s a story The Denver Post’s Allison Sherry told last year, after Gardner and Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, welcomed baby boys to their families.

Gardner, of Yuma, is the father of Thatcher, who was born in November, and Alyson, who is 8, while Polis is the father of Caspian, who was born in September.

George and Diane Hefner of Douglas County sign up to volunteer at the grand opening today of Mitt Romney's Colorado headquarters in Lakewood.

Mitt Romney supporters flocked to Lakewood today to celebrate the grand opening of his campaign and victory headquarters.

“We need all of you to sacrifice a little bit of your time and energy,” Ryan Call, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, said at the event as he showed off the bank of phones where volunteers will be making their calls.

George and Diane Hefner of Douglas County are ready. When they signed up to volunteer, they asked if there was going to be a Romney office closer to their Roxborough Park home. But if not, no problem, Diane Hefner said. The couple is so determined to unseat President Obama that “we’ll go anywhere we need to go,” she said.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.